Calls Across the Pacific
Subtitle: A novel
Publisher: Inanna Publication
Published: October 2015
Place of publication: Toronto, Canada
Language: eng
Format: Papperback, iBook
Number of pages: 260
ISBN-13: 9781771332293
Description: Fleeing the Cultural Revolution, a young Nina Huang says goodbye to her family and friends, and steals across the bay to Hong Kong, afterward immigrating to the U.S. and later to Canada. Twice she returns to China to reunite with her mother as well as friends, and to see how Chinese society and politics are evolving. However, as an escaped citizen who has returned with an American passport, Nina puts herself in dangerous situations and finds herself needing to flee from the red terror once again.
Table of contents: title: TABLE OF CONTENET; title: Chapter	1—Military Farm
pagenum: 1; title: Chapter	2—Kelp in Hong Kong
pagenum: 9; title: Chapter	3—Dear Uncle Sam
pagenum: 18; title: Chapter	4—Uncle Tom’s Cabin
pagenum: 27; title: Chapter	5—Franklin’s Fish and Chips
pagenum: 35; title: Chapter	6—Ping-Pong Diplomacy
pagenum: 42; title: Chapter	7—Moon River
pagenum: 51; title: Chapter	8—Fenian Cycle
pagenum: 61; title: Chapter	9—Butterfly Myth
pagenum: 70; title: Chapter	10—Bamboo Sticks
pagenum: 79; title: Chapter	11—Long Live…
pagenum: 88; title: Chapter	12—Blueberry Pie
pagenum: 97; title: Chapter	13—The Fallen Red Sun
pagenum: 105; title: Chapter	14—Lost Sheep
pagenum: 115; title: Chapter	15—Remote Corner
pagenum: 125; title: Chapter	16—An American Spy on the Run
pagenum: 135; title: Chapter	17—At Dawn
pagenum: 143; title: Chapter	18—The Sun Rises from the West
pagenum: 154; title: Chapter	19—Broken-down Shoe and Fractured Leg
pagenum: 166; title: Chapter	20—Ruins of Yuanmingyuan Garden
pagenum: 176; title: Chapter	21—From Sandra’s Chips to Chicken Soup
pagenum: 185; title: Chapter	22—In the Name of Revolution
pagenum: 196; title: Chapter	23—Genghis Khan’s Two Black Horses
pagenum: 206; title: Chapter	24—Phone Calls from the Gulag
pagenum: 215; title: Chapter	25—Temur’s Burgundy Stallion
pagenum: 224; title: Chapter	26—The Wind Blows down the Grass
pagenum: 233; title: Chapter	27—Cicadas’ Droning Sound
pagenum: 242; title: Chapter	28—Peace and Quiet Afterwards
pagenum: 251